War-cab



A. CALISI.

WAR CAR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN-18.1919.

. 1,307,238. Patented June 17, 1919.

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WAR CAR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18. 1919.

1 307,238. Patented June 17,1919.

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WAR CAR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN- I8, 1919.

Patented June 17, 1919.

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WAR-can.

commonly called tanks, the object of the present invention being to produce an armored war car in the nature of a tank WhlCh is c'apableof making more rapid progress than the ordinary caterpillar tank now in use in Europe by the reason that it is mounted upon wheels driven by a motor convened within the body of the car. One of the main objects of the present invention is to provide a car ofthe character above referred to which carries a pair of track rails, combined with means for shiftplacing the same in position to by the chains 10 on the track rails 11, the

ing said rails,

receive and support the wheels of the car While passing over a trench tion and subsequently restoring said track rails to their carrying position on'the car.

With the above and other objects in view;

the invention consists in the novel construc- .tion, combination and arrangement herein fully described, illustrated and claimed. In the accompanying drawings a Figure. 1 is a sideelevation of the car or tank showingthe track rails in' their carrying positions.

Fig. 2 1s a similar view showing the rails bound in position for use.

Fig.3 is a plan view of the car showing in their carrying position.

the rails Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic plan View, showing the positions of the track rails after the wheels of the cars have passed over the same.

Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section through themeans.

.Fig. 6 is a horizontal section through the car showing the train operating means.

Referring to the drawings'l, designates an armored car carrying a series of guns or fire arms 2 and provided with suitable port holes orobservation windows 3. The car as a whole is mounted upon carrying wheels 4 and 5 at the front and reag thfereoffand if desired all of said wheels'niay constitute the tractionwheels of the car, the same being suitably geared to and driven by an engine 5 located within the body of the car.

or other excava' car showing the operating- Patented June 17, 1919.

Application filed January 18, 1919. Serial No. 271,847.

Extending forwardly from the front of the car are parallel supporting arms 6 ha"- ing securely fastened thereto front and rear cross arms 7 and 8 having terminal eyes or guides 9 throughwhich are passed flexible chains 10. The rear ends of said chain pass through openings in the front of the car and into the interior of the car while the forward extremities of said chains are passed to the track rails as will hereinafter appear. I employ two track rails 11 adapted to span a trench or other excavation and support the wheels 4 and 5 of the car while the latter is passing thereover. The rails 11 are connected by a series of toggle links 12, the latlinks 12 will serve to draw the rails 11 toward each other so that they may be thrown best illustrated in Fig. 4. "When the track rails 11 are in their carrying position as shown in Fig. 1, the rearest extremities thereof are supported by hooks 16 secured to the front of the car 1 The rear ends of the chain 10 pass around brooms or pulleys 17 on a common transversely extending rotary shaft 18. connected by gears 19 and 20 to a car and actuated by the'engine 5 hereinabove I shaft 21 extending longitudinally within the referred to. The shaft 1 is of sectional construction and embodies the clutch 22 which! may be used for the purpose of throwing the chains 10 into and out of operation said clutch being controlled by an operator within the car.

The operation of the mechanism is as follows: Upon arriving ,at a trench or other excavation, the car is stopped with the track rails 11 supported above the trench. The engine is then thrown in cooperative relation with the chains 10 and the latter are slacked until the track rails 11 rest upon the ground and bridge over the trench. The car is then driven over the rails, to move while additional slack is given to the chains 10. After the car passes'ofl' the ends of the rails the engine is used to rewind the chains 10 upon the drum 17. VV-hen said chains are thus pulled, the track rails 11 are first moved toward each other so as to clear-thewheels 4 andl5 of the car-and then. both rails to ether are drawn forward until they rest un er the supporting arms 6 upon a 1 further winding'of'the vchain, said track rails are raised and finally restored to their carrying positions as shown in Fig. l. In

View of the fact that thetrack rails only need be used in crossing trenches and other excavations, it will be understood that much j more rapid. progress may be made with the v car than is possible with the well known 1 caterpillar-tank which is continuously laying'and taking .up its trackand the life of which is comparatively'short in view of'the great number of pivotal connectionsbetween the links of the caterpillar track. j Iclaim:,- l

1. In a .war car, a carbody, supporting and driving wheels on which said body is "mounted, track rails, supporting arms for said track rails, extending forwardly from the car body, flexible chains connected with said rails for shifting the latter into position to support the car wheels and subsequently into carrying position, and a motor in the car for operatlng said chains, said track rails being flexibly connected together for movement other.

2. In a war car, acar body, supporting and driving wheels on which said body is mounted, track rails, supporting'arms for said trackrails, extending forwardly from the car body, flexible chains connected with toward and m fm mh so said rails for shifting the latter into position to support the car wheels and subseguently into carrying sition, and a motor In the fcarfor operating said chains, said track rails being flexibly connected together for movement toward and awa from each other by means ,of toggle lin s, and the chains being attached to said links.

3. In a war car, a carbody, sup orting and driving wheels on which said dye is said track rails, extending forwardly from the car body, flexible chains connected with said railsfor shifting the latter into position to'support the car wheels and subsequently into carrying position, a motor in the car for operating said chains, and guiding means for said chains on said supportin arms.

n testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ADRIANO oALIsI. i

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